Catalogue description Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Bahamas. Captured ship:...
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Reference: | HCA 45/70/28 |
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Printed prize appeal from the Vice-Admiralty Court of the Bahamas. Captured ship: Hercules (master James Rae). Nationality: American. History: as a British ship, was bound from Cork to Jamaica; taken on 25 February 1815 (just before the ratification of the peace treaty) by the American privateer Hollins (William S Stockett commanding), retaken on 9 March 1815 by HMS Canso (James Croke commanding), and brought into Nassau, New Providence. Appellant: James Strachan Glennie merchant of London on behalf of William S Stockett and the Hollins. Respondent: James Croke and HMS Canso, and Alexander Gordon and John Thompson, merchants of New Providence on behalf of the original British owners. Bound printed appeal with manuscript decree of 1 May 1817 (folios 370-377). Decision: captured ship was legally in the possession of the American privateer as a prize of war; to be restored, subject to payment of the captor's expenses. Folios 370-371: case on behalf of the appellant; Folio 372-377: appendix; Folio 377: decree |
Date: | 1817 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
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